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No Tests In Regents Chemistry
Sounds like a good deal, and it is. We will not have one test all year, and there will be but one EXAM, the Regents Exam, in June. From time to time I will announce special dates when…
Read More »Extra Credit
There is no extra credit in Arbuiso Chemistry. Do your work when you are supposed to, don’t let yourself lose points for silly delays, study ahead of time,etc. If you need extra credit, you might be in hot…
Read More »Reference Tables
You will need a reference table packet every single day. I will give you one, and then likely another. You could print them yourself from a link at the bottom of every page on this site. There is…
Read More »Lab Report Requirement
The State Education Department requires you to do a minimum of 1200 minutes of lab to qualify to take the Regents Exam. You have to do these labs (without copying them) and earn passing grades on them for them…
Read More »What Should I Do About My Cheating Classmate?
Cheating is rampant in schools across the country. Cheating is stealing from others for personal gain. It’s never allowed, and cheaters should stop right now. if you cheat, you know you are doing wrong. If you overlook cheating,…
Read More »Best $20 I Ever Spent…
There was an art show at the high school, and my favorite piece was painted by a third grader from Vestal Hills. His name was Dylan W., and he is in Mrs. Adam’s art class. I emailed her…
Read More »Anti-Bullying Story from Washington Post – READ THIS
This story was copied without permission from the Washington Post Newspaper, to teach you. Please share this story. INSPIRED LIFE By Sydney Page Washington Post 6-3-2022 Classmates wouldn’t sign his yearbook. So older students stepped in. An impromptu swarm of…
Read More »Copy of a Great Story on the Vestal School Website
Nobel Laureate Dr. M. Stanley Whittingham guests lectures to Chemistry classes Dr. M. Stanley Whittingham, 2019 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Distinguished Professor in Chemistry at Binghamton University, and Honorary Fellow at New College in Oxford, England, spoke to…
Read More »Acid Base Videos that might help you.
Inside this post are a few videos that will likely help you grasp some of the chemistry we’re learning about. What is an acid-base indicator, how do they work, and how to do a titration – which we…
Read More »A SLOW but excellent video on acid base indicators
I call this “slow” because it’s not too exciting, but I WISH I could have produced it. It gives me hope that I might figure this out and one day I too will be able to make movies. …
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